White House
WHITE HOUSE, ALL SAINTS' COMMON
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1284035
- Date first listed:
- 01-Sept-1953
- List Entry Name:
- White House
- Statutory Address:
- WHITE HOUSE, ALL SAINTS' COMMON
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1284035
- Date first listed:
- 01-Sept-1953
- List Entry Name:
- White House
- Statutory Address 1:
- WHITE HOUSE, ALL SAINTS' COMMON
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WHITE HOUSE, ALL SAINTS' COMMON
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- All Saints and St. Nicholas, South Elmham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 34175 82929
Details
SOUTH ELMHAM ALL SAINTS' COMMON TM 38 SW ALL SAINTS & ST. NICHOLAS
4/28 White House
1.9.53
GV II*
Former farmhouse. Circa 1600. 2 storeys and attics; 3-cell plan with an original cross-entry and a later lobby-entrance, both,in use. Timber-framed and rendered; thatched roof. The internal chimney stack has 4 attached hexagonal shafts. Various old 3-light and 2-light casements windows, one with a transome; above the lobby, a small 3-light original window with diamond mullions. On the back wall, 3 4-light and one 5-light original windows to the first floor with ovolo-moulded mullions. Plank door, with applied pilaster strips, to the cross-entry; a C20 open 'rustic' porch to the lobby entrance. Interior with very good timbering, and a remarkable survival of original features. Wide studding, with a middle rail; main posts with long jowls, and arched braces in situ. Main beam in hall with ovolo-moulding and curved stops with jewel, all on a large scale; in the parlour, ovolo-moulded main beam and plain unchamfered joists, set flat. In the hall, a plain timber lintel;keyed for later plaster; in the parlour, a 4-centred brick arch to the fireplace. The service area was formerly divided into 2: one 3-light diamond-mullioned window in the gable wall, and an adjoining 4-light window with ovolo-moulded mullions, possibly a replacement. There are 2 fireplaces on the upper floor, and the upper ceilings, with joists set on edge, are original. Roof in 6 bays: clasped purlins, diminished principals, windbraces. An original 6-light diamond-mullioned window in the attic, partly blocked.
Listing NGR: TM3417582929
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 282288
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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